When walking into a beach store, it’s hard to not stop and admire the hermit crabs crawling around in their environment. The crabs may have a shell painted to look like beloved cartoon characters, ...

WESTFIELD — On the morning of April 24 during the spring school break, young visitors to the Westfield Athenaeum were invited to learn about and interact with Pagoo and his hermit crab friends on a ...

Wearing shells painted in unnatural neon tones and housed within small wire cages, hermit crabs are commonly found in boardwalk shops down the shore — where they can face the same thoughtless ...

Hermit crabs earned their name for the way they tuck up into their shells and tote it around, but the truth is that these guys aren’t hermit-like at all! Rather, they’re very social creatures who ...

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FLOYD, Va. – A Floyd woman has worked decades to figure out her life, but little did she know it would be a hermit crab that would help her claw her way to her purpose. Mary Akers, 57, is a hermit ...

Hermit crabs are fascinating. Not only do these crustaceans often grow into massive creatures, but they also change shells throughout their lives. Their appearance can vary depending on the size and ...

Did you know that terrestrial hermit crabs socialize with each other? According to a recent study at the University of California at Berkeley, researchers discovered that hermit crabs congregate ...

Hermit crabs are small crabs that carry shells on their backs, both for a home and for safety. But with shells being harder to find year after year, hermit crabs have had to spend more time in shells ...

I suppose I always just assumed all the hermit crabs dotting tiny tanks at beach stores were the same type of hermit crab. If I’m being really honest, I never knew there was more than one type of ...